News

Friday- Mostly cloudy with a high near 53 degrees and a low near 26 degrees. Saturday-Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain with a high of 40 degrees and a low near 22 degrees.

There will be a meeting of all members of Baxter-Marion Rural Water Association on Wednesday March 27, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. All members are invited we will be discussing future plans to increase our user base.: Please come if at all possible.

This month’s Marion County Regional Airport meeting will be held on February 19 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Marion County Airport.

Marion County Jurors on the PINK Panel do NOT need to report on Monday, February 12, 2024. The next time they are to report is Monday, March 25, 2024. All Jurors need to be sure to call the night before all Jury dates to confirm service.

Deadlines are approaching fast. The deadline for the Dave Ferguson Scholarship is February 16, and will need to be in the office by 3:00 p.m.

The Candidates Meeting at Oakland scheduled for Monday, February 12, has been cancelled due to weather. The meeting will be postponed until next Monday, February 19, at 6 p.m.

Carla Purdome, Marion County Collector, has reported that the Collector’s Office CAN accept credit/debit card payments IN PERSON, or on the PHONE, but NOT ONLINE until books have closed. This is standard operating procedure when rolling over to a new year.

SPRINGFIELD - Earning a spot on Drury University’s Dean’s List is a significant accomplishment. The recognition means a student earned a grade point average of 3.6 or greater (on a 4-point scale) while carrying a full-time course load of 12 or more semester hours at Drury, a top Midwestern university, according to US News & World Report.

CONWAY - Emily R Mears of Yellville, was named to the University of Central Arkansas fall 2023 Dean’s List. To qualify for the Dean’s List in a given semester, a student must earn a 3.50 or higher-grade point average on a minimum of twelve hours of undergraduate degree credit with no incomplete grades.